Viva What???

I'll admit up front, I'm not much of an Elvis fan. I can remember as a kid my aunts taking my sisters and me to the drive-in movie to see his films, but what I remember mostly is the snacks and playing on the playground right in front of the screen. The drive-in was always fun, but I was too young for Elvis.

Never developed much fondness for him as an adult, either. Some of his music is okay. Most of it . . . meh. (Though his gospel music . . . Lord above, nobody sang gospel like Elvis! I do listen to that.)

But, even not being a fan, I can't begin to tell you how truly offensive I found it when a commercial came on the other night selling magic little blue pills to old men to the tune of Viva Las Vegas -- Vegas substituted of course, with that other V word. "Viva Viagra . . ." WTF???

Like him or not, Elvis is an icon in this country. He's got more fans dead than most musicians will ever have alive. He's a symbol.

And his people sold out Viva Las Vegas for a pecker pill commercial??? How incredibly crass, offensive and just plain sad. Rachel10:47 AM